What is known is that Cape Girardeau, under the command of Brigadier General John McNiel, was the southernmost Union-held city in the region. A Confederate Brigadier General named John Marmaduke led ...

Attorney Brian Neely has long been a practitioner of the law. Since 2012, he’s served as assistant district attorney for the ...

George H. Cramer, German immigrant and Civil War major, helped shape Cape Girardeau as mayor, postmaster and civic leader, ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.

Readers expecting to experience the Vicksburg Campaign through a pre-adolescent’s rough-honed grammar will pleasantly encounter a fast-flowing and well-written historical tale in Fred Grant at ...

Strange artifact at Civil War battlefield is skin from alligator that attacked a soldier during the battle over Vicksburg, Mississippi, National Park says.

The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.

While metal detecting the historic Port Hudson battlefield, we uncovered Civil War relics that may mark the final position of a fallen cavalry officer. The siege of Port Hudson in 1863 was the ...

Near the site of Port Hudson - the longest siege in American military history—we may have uncovered the exact location of a Civil War cavalry officer’s final stand. Using metal detectors, we ...

While that may be the most intriguing section for local readers, the diary includes much more of interest to a wider audience. At the end of 1863, after serving begrudgingly with the 7th Minnesota ...